If you’ve applied through Clearing and the university you’ve applied for has confirmed your provisional Clearing offer, the next step is to add this as a Clearing choice in your UCAS Hub account. We’ve put together a step-by-step guide on how to add your offer from BCU as a Clearing choice.
- Wait until Birmingham City University has confirmed your provisional Clearing offer – we need to check your qualifications before your offer can be officially confirmed.
- Once we have confirmed your offer, log in to your UCAS account. If you don’t already have a UCAS account, you can apply directly to us.
- Go to the ‘Your choices’ section of your application. Add details for Birmingham City University, UCAS code B25 and the course you have been offered a place on using the ‘Add Clearing choice’ option.
- Once you have added your Clearing choice in the UCAS Hub, UCAS will let us know. Your UCAS Hub will say that you're waiting for a decision from us. It will say ‘the University or college is currently considering your application (Referred)'. You've now successfully added your Clearing choice and don't need to do anything else.
- Please be patient as it takes about 24 hours for us to process this (excluding weekends). After 24 hours you should be able to see that we've offered you a place on your UCAS hub.
- Your application will now be an Unconditional Firm. Check your emails for your offer email which will explain your next steps, including Student Finance and applying for accommodation. You can then apply for accommodation if you’re planning on living in student halls.
Important: You should only 'add a Clearing choice' to your UCAS Hub if a university offers you a place on a course through Clearing and you wish to accept that offer.
If you add a Clearing Choice on your UCAS Hub but have not been offered a place for that course and/ or by that university, your application will likely be declined and until that university declines you, you can't accept any other Clearing offer that you may receive.
If the ‘add Clearing choice' button in your online UCAS Hub is not available, please check that you have definitely been released or rejected from your other UCAS commitments and are not holding a place at another University or institution. If you need to self-release, see our step-by-step guide on how to do this.
